Athlete News, December 21, 2018

Posted on 12/21/2018 by sswscadmin in

Snowboarding

Men’s Rookie of the Year: Nik Baden
Nik Baden has been lurking below the surface of snowboarding’s mainstream consciousness for a couple seasons now. After shutting down Beta with a standout part, however, Baden is now on the radar of those paying attention. The kid from Steamboat Springs, Colorado, has developed a level of style and trick selection that has caused those in the snowboard world to turn their heads, and this season we him take the clean style and proper trick selection he’s honed on groomed features to the backcountry, stomping powder landings with an uncommon ease. Beta director Tyler Orton explains Nik is a “team player” when complimenting him on his first year filming in the backcountry. With a well-rounded approach, Baden will be here for a while.

Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club snowboarders stay hot at Buck Hill

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — The members of the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club Alpine snowboarding team left home headed to Buck Hill, Minnesota, for three days of racing last week, and found top results on the NorAm tour for a second-straight week.

This time around, Steamboat native Cody Winters highlighted the results. He won two of three NorAm parallel slalom events and also claimed the top spot on the podium in a junior parallel slalom event. Teammate Robby Burns, who won two NorAm events Dec. 8 and 9 in Steamboat, also won his third NorAm event of the season in Minnesota. READ MORE

Freestyle

Kauf and Kingsbury go for a double in Thaiwoo
The first dual moguls competition of the season took place on day two of the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup event in Thaiwoo with Jaelin Kauf (USA) and Mikael Kingsbury (CAN) once again coming on top of the field to cap off an exciting weekend of moguls action in China.

In the ladies’ competition it was once again Jaelin Kauf who stormed to her second victory this weekend. READ MORE HERE

Nordic Combined

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Taylor Fletcher may be as fast as anyone at any level in Nordic combined when it comes to cross-country skiing. He showed as much again Friday, skiing away from the pack to win the first of two Nordic combined Continental Cup events in Steamboat Springs.

Saturday, however, he showed that power has some limits. For all the scorching he can do on the course, he’s not quite built to win at the end of a tight race. READ MORE HERE